COGGESHALL (LITTLE), a hamlet in the parish of GREAT-COGGESHALL, hundred of WITHAM, county of ESSEX, 1 mile (S.) from Great Coggeshall, containing 362 inhabitants. This was anciently a distinct parish, within the limits of which stood the abbey described in the account of Great Coggeshall, together with a church erected by the abbot for himself and the monks, who agreed to build a chapel also for their servants and tenants.